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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

You might be a missionary kid if:

Here is a cute list from some MK's! (missionary kids)

You
might be a missionary kid if:

1. You
flew before you could walk.

2. At 20
years old you have a passport, but no driver’s license.

3. You
watch a documentary on National Geographic and recognize someone.

4. You
get homesick while watching National Geographic.

5. You
watch a documentary on the Animal Channel and think how good that would be
stir-fried.

6. You
shake your shoes out before putting them on.

7.
You’re only 7 years of age, but speak with authority about the quality of
airline travel.

8. People
send you packets of Kool-Aid for your birthday.

9. You
have friends from or in 29 different countries.

10. You
tell people where you’re from and their eyes get big.

11. The
nationals say things like, “I used to know an American...” then ask if you know
the guy.

12. Your
mother gets excited over finding Doritos at 7-Eleven®.

13. You
stockpile mangoes.

14. You
go to school in a Cessna rather than a school bus.

15. Your
dad scolds you in Swahili when you are on furlough.

16.
While you were on furlough, your dad preached a sermon on Joseph, & he called
him Yusufu the entire time.

17. You
go on furlough, and your mom buys everything in the store.

18. Your
family gathers around the computer to check email.

19. Your
first trip driving through town on furlough was a disaster, because you honked
your horn continuously.

20.
You’re in college now, but the stringy hair and braces picture taken while you
were in 5th grade is still gracing refrigerators all across America.

21. Your
5 foot tall mother is taller than most of the members in your church.

23. When
you find a bug in your food, you calmly pick it out and finish eating.

24. You
know more about a blow gun than a BB gun.

25. When
on furlough, your cousin shows you his pet frog and you get hungry.

26. It
does not seem unusual to you to buy dinner while sitting at a red light.

27.
Going to the post office is the highlight of your day.

28. Your
father stops 8 times on the way to church to pick up 19 people in his 12
passenger van.

29. When
you are asked to recite the alphabet you ask, “Which one?”

30. You
have strong opinions about how to cook bugs.

31. You
believe vehemently that football is played with a round, spotted ball.

32.
Someone brings up a certain sports team, and you get the sport wrong.

33. You
refer to gravel roads as highways.

34.
Someone in your home country has to explain to you that the double yellow line
means that only oncoming traffic can drive on that side of the road—even if there is no
oncoming traffic—and you don’t get it.

35.
Someone in your home country has to explain to you that the red light means
stop, every time, even if there is a slight break in the cross traffic, and you
have to stay stopped until the light turns green.

36.
Someone in your home country has to explain to you that you can’t just give the
policeman a dollar after committing some infraction.

37. Your
friends accuse you of being a maniacal driver, but you’re driving exactly as your
dad taught you.

38. You
go to Taco Bell and have to put 5 packets of hot sauce on your taco but it’s
still a little bland.

39. You
go off to college, and your study of minor keys in music theory makes you
homesick.